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ToALL WHoM IT MAY ooNoERN:

Be it known thatv I, WILL H. WAYNE, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Window-ShutterFasteners; `and I do hereby declarethat the following is a olear,`full, and exact description thereof',which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which thedrawing represents a perspective view of'my invention.

This invention consists of' a new, simple, and convenient device forfastening Window-shutters togethenso as to allow -them to be adjustedinstantaneously to a greater or less degree of opening, and ivithouttying or untying a oord.

In the drawings, A A are cords, having at one extremity hooks or snaps aa, which fasten to the Shutters of a window, one hook fastening to oneof the shutters and the other to the'other shutter of the same window,and near the outer edges pf the shutter on their inside when closed.These cords, thus fpst'ened to the shutters,

are brought together below the point of fastening and passed through asliding ring or thimble, B, made oi' India rubber,'gutta percha, oranyother suitable substance, and so fitted to the cords as to grasp themtightly, and yet be capable of sliding upand down upon them whenoperated by hand. The cords terminate at theii; lower extremity intassels C C. y l

When it is desired to fix the blinds in .a position such that theirvertical outer edges shall nearly-touch each other, the thimble B issimply slid up till itiholds them in that position by shortening theconnection between them. If itbe desired to fix the blinds irl-such aposition that they will be nearly wide open, slide the ring B downnearly to the lower end yoi' .the cords, and so for every intermediatedegree.

It will be observed that-tile operation of this fastening is exceedinglysimple and convenient, requiring no tying or untying, or other process,except slipping the ring `up and down to the required extent.

Having thus described my invention, what Iolaim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

The shutter-fastening above described, consisting of the cords A A,having the snaps a a and the tassels C C, and lprovided with tbeelasticring or thimble B, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

WILL H. WAYNE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. Storm, GEO. WAYNE.

